STEPNEY, John ‹ LBT 08421 ›
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Floruit: 1595–1619
floruit 1595 (B)—1619 (A); Male
Livery Companies
| Company | Source |
|---|---|
| Stationers' Company |
Occupations (1)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Bookseller | McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910) |
Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| SETON, Gregory ( - 1612) ‹ LBT 07898 › |
Had Apprentice(s): (2)
| Name | Premium | Paid By | Date | Event | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TWIGGER, Roger ‹ LBT 08758 › (fl. 1588-1588) | Turned-over | ||||
| TAPPE, Thomas ‹ LBT 10887 › (fl. 1626-1626) | Bound |
Addresses (1)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1609, (1609-12) | St Paul's Churchyard, The Drane at the West End of St Paul's |
Events (5)
| Date | Event type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 1595 | Bound | to Gregory Seton (LBT/07898) as Stephney |
| 25 Mar 1596 | Freed - | |
| 1 Apr 1611 | Appr - Turn-over/In | John Marriott [ST/1:1227] from Eleazar Edgar (LBT/07831) |
| 28 Jan 1613 | Appr - Turn-over/Out | John Marriott [ST/1:1227] to Roger Jackson (LBT/08130) |
| 30 Nov 1619 | Appr - Binding | Thomas Tappe (LBT/10887) |
Sources and References
| Original Sources | Comments |
|---|---|
| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.165
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.258
STEPNEY or STEPNETH (JOHN), bookseller in London, 1609-12: The Crane at the West End of St. Paul's. Son of Frauncis Stepney of Hatfield, co. Hertford, yeoman. Apprentice to Gregory Seton { SETON, Gregory ( - 1612) ‹ LBT 07898 › } for eight years from March 25th, 1595 [Arber, ii. 201]. He made his first book entry on December 14th, 1609 [Arber, iii. 425]. Published B. Jonson's Alchemist, 1612, C. Tourneur's Atheist's Tragedy, 1611, and A true and sincere declaration of the purpose and ends of the Plantation begun in Virginia, 1610, and entered, on May 15th, 1612, Ben Jonson's Epigrams [Arber, iii. 485].